Canonical
Computer software company providing open resources
Hybrid
Some members of the team work remotely, while others are co-located in one or more offices.
👥501-1,000
📍London, UK
Canonical

About Canonical

About Canonical
About Canonical
About Canonical
About Canonical
Canonical is a computer software company that markets commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. It aims to deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company.

What Canonical is building

Canonical product / service
Canonical product / service
Canonical product / service
Canonical product / service
Canonical product / service
Canonical provides open source from cloud to desktop and devices, drive down infrastructure cost, and accelerate the applications.

Technologies used at Canonical

Front-end (1)
Back-end (3)
C++C++

Company culture

Distribution

Exceptional, self-motivated, organised and passionate people deserve the freedom to live where they want. Our teams travel regularly to meet colleagues and customers.

Best in class

We rate top for Linux security. We run more hosts, more workloads and more devices than anybody else, because we strive to do everything insightfully, properly, fairly, and openly.

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Funding rounds

Total Funding

Total Funding

$12.8M
Last funding round type

Last funding round type

Product Crowdfunding
Company type

Company type

For Profit

Canonical news and updates

Canonical launches Steam Snap and Canonical

It’s been six months since Canonical announced the launch of the early access Steam Snap and Canonical has been overwhelmed by the response.

Oct 21, 2022 | canonical.com

Canonical launches VM instance in Google Cloud

In this step, Canonical will launch a VM instance in Google Cloud.

Sep 28, 2022 | canonical.com

Canonical launched Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with real-time kernel support and optimizations on Sep 27th 22'.

Canonical is thrilled to announce today the availability of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with real-time kernel support and optimizations for Intel’s latest FlexRAN Reference Software.

Sep 27, 2022 | canonical.com

Canonical is developing OpenSearch operators and will publish them in Charmhub

Canonical is working on OpenSearch operators and will publish them in Charmhub soon to make them available to the community.

Aug 26, 2022 | canonical.com

Canonical Group Limited launched major update for multiple versions of the Ubuntu OS on Jan 24th 22'.

Canonical has released a new major update for multiple versions of the Ubuntu OS as it looks to target more than a dozen high-severity vulnerabilities recently discovered in the Linux kernel.

Jan 1, 2022 | techradar.com

Canonical partnered with Vodafone on Mar 1st 22'.

Today Canonical announces it is collaborating with Vodafone to test a new technology that uses Anbox Cloud, and the power of smart mobile networks, to transform TVs, computers, wearables and other everyday objects into ‘cloud smartphones’.

Jan 1, 2022 | tuxmachines.org

Canonical launches some key features for Mir

With this new release, Canonical is introducing some key features for Mir, while supporting developer migration to Mir.

Jan 1, 2022 | ubuntu.com

Canonical partners with Lenovo Group Ltd.

Canonical has also expanded and developed several new strategic partnerships, such as Lenovo, which launched new Kubernetes on ThinkSystem for AI development reference architecture and certified Lenovo’s extensive ThinkSystem server platform.

Jan 1, 2022 | ubuntu.com

Canonical launched Ubuntu Core on May 17th 22'.

Ubuntu developer Canonical recently announced the availability of Ubuntu Core’s latest version, a containerized OS for IoT and edge devices.

Jan 1, 2022 | techzine.eu

Canonical announces new Anbox Cloud Appliance on AWS Marketplace

The Anbox Cloud Appliance is a scaled down version of Canonical's Anbox Cloud, which developers use for rapid prototyping and gives them access to a more extensive set of instance types, including support for Arm CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs than the appliance does...

Sep 8, 2021 | TechRepublic

Canonical releases Ubuntu 20.04.3 ISO with latest fixes

Canonical, the firm behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, has released the third point release of Ubuntu 20.04.

Aug 27, 2021 | Neowin

85% of organizations are yet to hit the cloud native technologies adoption

Despite high adoption rates of cloud native technologies in recent years, enterprises have yet to cross the chasm to full adoption, but they’re quickly moving in that direction, according to initial results of a survey released by Canonical...

Jul 9, 2021 | Help Net Security

Canonical launches Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS

Canonical has announced Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS have gained an extra two years of support through its Extended Security Maintenance programme which organisations pay a subscription for.

Jan 1, 2021 | 4sysops.com

Blender Studio partners with Canonical

Blender has partnered with Canonical to offer enterprise-grade support for the Blender LTS application suite.

Jan 1, 2021 | tuxmachines.org

Dell Inc. partnered with Canonical on Jan 1st 12'.

Both Dell EMC and Supermicro announced their partnership with Canonical to bring forth a validated container orchestration solution through a reference architecture framework based on Canonical server software.

Jan 1, 2020 | virtualizationreview.com

Samsung Electronics Co. partners with Canonical

Samsung provides a modified version of Ubuntu for Linux on DeX users, and has been working closely with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, to provide the best experience."

Jan 1, 2019 | betanews.com

Canonical launches Scopes in Unity

In their quest to improve user experience, Canonical Ltd introduced Scopes in Unity.

Jan 1, 2016 | fossmint.com

Canonical launches Ubuntu OpenStack cloud deployer and management tool – OpenStack Autopilot – the most powerful and easiest way to deploy scale and manage Ubuntu OpenStack clouds

New with 15.10, Canonical is debuting its newly launched Ubuntu OpenStack cloud deployer and management tool – OpenStack Autopilot – the most powerful and easiest way to deploy scale and manage Ubuntu OpenStack clouds without the complexity and costs associated with major cloud projects.

Oct 21, 2015 | ubuntu.com

EMC Corporation partnered with Canonical on May 20th 15'.

As you saw at last week’s OpenStack Summit, EMC® is expanding its partnership with Canonical amongst others.

Jan 1, 2015 | cloudscaling.com
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